Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-11-20
DAILY HERALD.
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT,
A TRIP TO WHITTIER.
Progress of the Building UpIOi
the Quaker CITY.

A TRIP TO WHITTIER.
Progress of the Building Upl.Oi
the Quaker Citv.
On Thursday morning l accepted
the cordial invitation of Mr.. G. w.
Harvey, Of the new Harvey addition,
to accompany him te Whittier: and
in the comfortable carriage known as
the Whittier stage, and in company
with a lady whose name 1 am not a,
liberty to mention, l started for the
Quaker Colony. Mr.. Kicker, Mr.
Harvey's partner, and Messrs. Jen.
nings and Thomson, both of. whom
during the day, purchased valuable
sections Of the Harvey & Kicker add.
ton, also occupied the stage. The
entire drive from Los Angeles tc
Whittier is delightful and varied.
The first object of interest which APP
pears along the road is the Chinese
cemetery, a little beyond BOYLE
Heights, while the brickyard, which
is worked principally by Chinese, and
the Presbyterian College, which is
now assuming excellent proportions,
occur at different angles of the drive.
On the banks of the San Gabriel
river, which vehicles are compelled to
ford, stands the time-honored adobe
of Governor Pico, the last Governor
under Mexican rule, and who is
now a well-preserved and intelligent
bachelor of SS. Opposite the house
of Governor Pico, and upon the other
side of the road is a collection Of
adobe houses and Mexican families,
while little out Of this settlement
and on the bluff overlooking the river
are to be seen the ruins of what once
must have been large adobe build
ing. Further on, Pasadena and the
colossal Raymond Hotel are visible at
a distance, while at every rise of the
road. Whittier, clustering at the
foot of the hills, that in the bright
sunlight CLEAN like polished amethyst
and amber, can be clearly seen.
Upon the LIST OF last June there was
but one house in the Quaker Colony,
and that house was the abode OF Mr..
Jonathan Bailey, the President of the
company. 1t is a white frame cot
tage and is imbedded in huge pepper
trees that greatly enhance its appear
ance. Upon the Fourth of July, Mr..
w. A. Vernon, the principal builder
and contractor Of the town, hauled the
lumber for the first house that was
erected in the organized settlement,
and to-day there are 140 houses scat
tered over the beautiful country that
has been selected and divided up into
lots for the new town. Mr.. Vernon
occupies a pretty cottage near the
meeting house, and is doing a rushing
business. Mr.. Doltz, the proprietor
of the Pioneer Store, also has more
than he can readily do, and the large
new grocery store OF the Vernon Bros.
is equipped with four active clerks
and yet is in need of more. The exte-
E;er appearance of this establishment
is very enterprising. Connected with
it are feed stable and restaurant, and
at noon, when the teamsters are din
ing, and the horses picketed in or near
the shed, the place looks very much
like the Haymarket of Los Angeles.
Opposite the store of the Vernon Bros
is Chinese laundry, conducted by a
smiling celestial, who to all inquiries
states that washing is done on Tues
day. There are about two dozen fam
lilies occupying tents while theil
houses are being built, and 70 hotel
and substantial brick bank are rap
idly being erected. The largest ant
finest of these is the work of Messrs
Lindley & Harvey, and is near the
elegant new house which Mr.. Harvey
is building for the reception of his
family. Over the bank there is {
suite of rooms prepared for the occu
pancy of Mr.. Charles Henry ant
wife. Mr.. Henry will be the mos
prominent officer in the bank, anG
Mrs. Henry, who has just arrived
from Waterloo, Iowa, and who is {
lady. of decided culture, will shed :
pleasing lustre over the society o
Whittier. The most distinguished cit
izen of the town, however, is Mr.. F
Pickering, its founder. His hair ant
beard are white, but he is well pre-
served and vigorous, aid, towering tt
a noble height, is unquestipnably ;
handsome and impressive-lookins
man. Mrs. Louis Harvey, daughte
of Mr.. Pickering, who owns two goot
houses in Whittier, and has larg'
cattle ranch in Montana, two week.
ago, and to oblige Mr.. Harve,
opened boading-house for the work
men engaged upon the house and no
tel of Mr.. Harvey. She expected II
board perhaps dozen carpenters, Blu
to her surprise she is, instead, com
PEELED to furnish meals for fifty ant
sometimes sixty people. Indeed, 81
arduous has her work become, tina
she is negotiating with Mr.. Harvey t.
release her from her obligations. Thi
is the way in which everybody anC
everything in Whittier are booming
and it is impossible to say how much
faster the town will grow wher
once the Southern Pacific Rail
road, which it is believed i!
very soon to run through. it, gets
in mott IN. To be sure, "The Fast Elk
press" which Mr.. Harvey facetiously
calls the Whittier stage, and which he
drives with an abandon, which forci
bly, recalls the experience known az
Horace Greeley's Famous Ride" in
large measure atones for the absence
Of the railway. Mr.. Harvey, formerly
a prominent man OF Waterloo, Iowa
and now quite a prominent man il
Los Angeles and Whittier, is the most
remarkable driver it has ever been my
privilege to ride with; while the span
of mules which he at present drives
rival for speed and agility the wonder.
full reindeers of old st. Nick. When
Mr.. Harvey throws down the reins
and in tones OF thunder cries "Scat, u
the mules and the stage and the pas.
sengers who ride therein "melt into
thin air." only to become substantial
again when the summit Of hill is at
tanned and Mr.. Harvey suddenly draw
ing up, exclaims: Nov, be kline
enough to look at the beautiful towr
of Whittier" Well, we got to Whit
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